Your season: phases and races

Your season is a macrocycle: a sequence of phases aimed at arriving at the start line (or a health goal) prepared and fresh — not just tired and hopeful.

Training phases

• Base — aerobic foundation, technique, mostly easy volume. Brick may extend base when aerobic efficiency is a limiter.
• Build — race-specific intensity; bricks appear; limiters get priority work.
• Peak — sharpen race pace; volume may ease slightly while intensity stays purposeful.
• Taper — reduce volume so you arrive fresh. Length scales with event distance.
• Race — race day and immediate surrounds on the calendar.
• Recovery — deliberate deload (for example every few weeks in a maintenance cycle, or after a big race).
• Return — graded comeback after injury, illness, travel, or a training pause.

No A-race?

Without an A-race anchor, Brick runs a rolling maintenance pattern — sustained fitness with periodic recovery — rather than a single peak. You can add races later and the season will reshape.

A / B / C race priorities

• A-race — the season goal. The whole macrocycle points here.
• B-race — tune-up. Expect a mini-taper and a short recovery window, not a full season rebuild.
• C-race— train-through. Race day replaces that day's training; the surrounding week stays largely intact.

Manage races on the Plan page and open the race toolkit for pacing, fueling, and taper checklists. Races and race toolkit.

Why phases matter to you

When you open a hard session in Base, it is there for aerobic development or a limiter — not race simulation. In Peak, the same intensity has a different job: sharpness and specificity. Understanding the phase helps you trust the week instead of second-guessing every hard day.